A Vision for Classical Education
Monday, 23 April 2012
Andrew Kern is the director of The CiRCE Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. CiRCE’s purpose is to “promote and support classical education in the school and in the home,”a mission it accomplishes through teacher training, writing workshops, conference speaking, and an annual CiRCE conference. After hearing Andrew Kern speak at the Classical Christian Home Educators
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Martin Cothran and the Language of Learning
Monday, 23 April 2012
Have you ever met a conference speaker or curriculum provider that you listen to on a regular basis? It is like meeting a long-lost friend. These people faithfully assist us in our daily responsibilities, and I, for one, appreciate it greatly. A recent addition to our day is Traditional Logic from Memoria Press, and, thanks
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Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education
Monday, 23 April 2012
TOS chatted recently with Gene Edward Veith Jr., popular author, WORLD Magazine columnist, and new Academic Dean of Patrick Henry College. Dr. Veith shares his thoughts on Christian life, homeschooling, and classical education. TOS: So how did an English professor come to be the cultural editor at WORLD Magazine? GEV: Marvin Olasky had been the
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Getting the Education the Founders Got
Monday, 23 April 2012
There is a reason that many of us have become so interested in teaching our children about the men who founded the United States, and it goes beyond just becoming familiar with who they were and what they did. More than just teaching our children about these men through the histories and biographies that tell
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A Classical Education with Christine Miller
Monday, 23 April 2012
Sometimes as a homeschool mom, you know immediately when you have discovered a gem, and other times it takes some investigation. I felt this way when I discovered Christine Miller. A longtime homeschool mother, she is also a classical homeschooling author and advocate with much wisdom to share. At first she was “just” a history
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A Balanced Classical Model
Monday, 23 April 2012
Most people know Susan Wise Bauer as the co-author of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. She has more recently published The Well-Educated Mind, a book on self-education for adults, and The Story of the World history series, published by Peace Hill Press. As an author, speaker, college professor, and home
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With Patience and Care
Monday, 23 April 2012
Mary Jane hears a tapping sound coming from the direction of her son, David, who has spastic cystic fibrosis. He cannot roll, sit, walk, or speak, yet he is enjoying reading. The tap is his signal for Mom to turn the page. Chris’s 17-year old son, Tim, has fetal alcohol syndrome. He experiences difficulty focusing
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The Love and the Lure of Nature Walking
Monday, 23 April 2012
By Jane Lambert Did you know that in the days of your great-grandparents the inclusion of nature instruction in school was a serious concern? Many of you have read a bit of Charlotte Mason’s books or A Girl of the Limberlost or Freckles. Some of you even own Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature
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